Dream Theater Live in 2006

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~OCTAVARIUM~

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Dream Theater's Christmas Gift

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 25th, 2013 – 6:00AM EST
HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM DREAM THEATER

TO OUR FANS ALL OVER THE WORLD!
It is because of all of you that “A Dramatic Tour Of Events” was such a success. We enjoyed playing to you all each and every night on the road!

As a special “Thank You” we are releasing a compilation of live tracks that were not included on “Live At Luna Park.” With these now being available, you have a complete documentation of all the songs that were played during the tour (with the exception of cover songs.)
Happy Holidays, and we look forward to having you “Along For The Ride” in 2014.
~Dream Theater

CD1:
01 Under A Glass Moon (Phoenix, AZ 12/4/11)
02 Forsaken (London, UK 7/24/11)
03 Peruvian Skies (London, UK 7/24/11)
04 Endless Sacrifice (Austin, TX 10/26/11)
05 Drum Solo (Austin, TX 10/26/11)
06 YtseJam (Austin, TX 10/26/11)
07 The Great Debate (London, UK 7/24/11)
CD2:
08 Another Day (Austin, TX 7/7/12)
09 Through My Words/Fatal Tragedy (Montreal, QB 10/7/11)
10 To Live Forever (Huntington, NY 7/19/12)
11 Learning To Live (Tel Aviv, Israel 7/19/11)
12 The Count of Tuscany (London, UK 7/24/11)
13 As I Am (Shibuya, Japan 4/24/12)


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How About Some LIVE Dio

Dio - "The Last in Line" (LIVE)

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Just an Awesome Concert Image

~from Five Finger Death Punch

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Here you go.

Here's some FFDP for ya: "Far From Home"


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Dream Theater - "Raise the Knife" (LIVE)

~from Score, originally Falling Into Infinity


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Rush - La Villa Strangiato - LIVE

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Still getting it done after all these years. I love you, Rush!

Alice in Chains on Kimmel

In the last few weeks I've posted the new Alice in Chains songs from their new album, The Devil Put Dinosaurs Here. They performed live on Jimmy Kimmel this past Wednesday. I missed it, because I was watching my Spurs get thumped by the Nuggets -
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even after a 14-0 lead. Anyway, there are such things as video cameras (good ones) these days.. So thankfully I found a site that posted the three songs they played, which were "Stone", "Hollow", and "Man in the Box", the first two of which are on the new album.

And yeah, Jerry Cantrell cut his hair!! Here you go:

"Stone"


"Hollow"


"Man in the Box"


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Concert Announcement: River City Rock Fest

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It's was made public several weeks ago, but I didn't post anything about it yet. Should be a great show, with exception of GnR. No idea why Alice in Chains isn't the headliner. Go check it out! Click the image above to go to the website for more info.

Rare LIVE Pantera Footage - "Walk" & "This Love"

~from Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio in 1996.


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To this day, Pantera is still #1 on my "list of bands I've never seen live." Obviously in their case it's "...I regret not seeing live while I could." -OR- "..I'll never be able to see live." You get the picture. Tragic.

Volbeat - 7 Shots (LIVE)

Let's get this week started off the right way - with some incredible Volbeat from the newest album.


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Here's the original album version..

I am the proud owner of Above Heaven - Beyond Hell. What a terrific album it is. Go buy it!

Note: "Outlaw Gentlemen & Shady Ladies" is set to come out sometime this year.

Dio - Heaven and Hell (LIVE)

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Here's the original, in case you wanted to compare. Yes, it's actually a Black Sabbath song, but while Ronnie James Dio was their singer. It was on their first album release with Dio as front man - in 1980, and he wrote the lyrics, although they're usually credited to Sabbath as a band.

Jodi Arias Live Trial Coverage

Jodi Arias with her victim, Travis Alexander (Image Source, and Via)

I don't know if any of you are following this trial, but it's getting into the seriously important stages. Click the image above to go to the live coverage page. Jodi, herself, has been on the stand for days, but tomorrow and the rest of this week should focus on the day of the murder itself. So far she's been narrating just about every detail of her life for the couple years leading up to June 4, 2008. I'm not into this case anywhere near as much as I was with Casey Anthony's, so I have still have no idea why it took 5 years for this to go to trial.

Anyway, here is another live coverage link if the one above isn't working.

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UPDATE: There was no court on Thursday, as the judge was ill. For some reason there is also no court on Fridays for this case (not official for Fridays past today). Monday is a holiday, so no court Monday. So this will all resume again on Tuesday.

Dream Theater - Chaos in Motion Tour Intro

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Someone finally (after nearly 6 years) posted a good one, and I'm so glad they did! This was one of the most incredible experiences for me. Amazing way to open a show!

John Petrucci Solo - LIVE in Tokyo

~ one of his best ever in my opinion.


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BONUS:   Here is Mike Portnoy's take on the writing of "The Best of Times". (Source)

G3 - La Grange (LIVE)

Joe Satriani, Steve Vai, and John Petrucci cover ZZ-Top's "La Grange" live in Tokyo


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Too bad Steve's a little too loud, so you can't hear them together when they're playing together late in the song. His style is a little "out there" for La Grange too. Still awesome, however.

Liquid Tension Experiment - Acid Rain (LIVE)

in LA, 2008


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This is just another example that proves my feeling that John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy were BORN to play together. So tight. I love it. And you know what? Replace Tony Levin with John Myung, and you have Dream Theater without their singer. Not that you didn't know this. How beautiful is this?

Dream Theater - Instrumedley (LIVE at Budokan)

..And in 4-way split-screen (2004)


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Rush - La Villa Strangiato (LIVE)

in Vancouver, 2011


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Wanna Go See Rush? Rolling Stones, Perhaps?

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I was considering going to see one of my favorite bands, RUSH (for the 7th time), and so I went to the online ticket place, which is almost always Ticketmaster. The Nov. 30th show is not only nearly sold-out, but the only tickets remaining are the ones that are always last-remaining: opposite side of the arena. Those tickets are over $90.00 !!! There were even a few over on the side (they're gone now).. way on the side, like literally side-stage, for $114! Stub-hub has some floor seats for $249-$800. What??

Here's the point. And this point is why I'm writing right now. It's no secret that the older bands, who have been around a while, can pull in some high ticket prices. But I'm frankly disappointed in Rush for entering into this category now. The last time I saw them was only about 3 years ago, and we paid about $30 for lawn seats at the Verizon Wireless Theater in Selma - for their 30th Anniversary tour.

Now, check THIS out:

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a Yahoo Music article by Chris Willman

The last time the Rolling Stones toured, there wasn't quite as much of a panic over tickets. But then, that previous trek involved 147 shows.

This year's tour? Four gigs.

No wonder there's an international mania to get into the group's arena shows in London Nov. 25 and 29 and New Jersey on Dec. 13 and 15. Tickets for the two Newark gigs haven't yet gone on sale. But it's already "As Tears Go By" time for the millions of fans who tried and failed to get the 30,000 or so tickets that went up for grabs Friday for the two O2 Arena shows in Britannia.

Just remember, though, hope is never lost… if you're Donald Trump. Because there's always the secondary market, where scalpers are already asking record sums. It's been reported that the Getmein.com website has tickets listed for up to $21,120, although it's hard to imagine any seat that is not actually on Mick Jagger's lap going for a penny over 20K.

These exaggerated fees won't go to the Stones themselves. Face values for the London tickets ranged from about $152 to $601 in American dollars. Fox News suggested in a headline that these were "the most overpriced gig(s) ever." But given that a huge percentage of the tickets will be scalped for several times their initial value, it's clear that overpricing is in the eye of the reseller, and as far as scalpers are concerned, 600 bucks is bargain pricing.

Mysteriously, tickets for the Newark shows are already being auctioned on eBay, even though a limited presale doesn't begin till Saturday and the general on-sale date isn't until Oct. 26. Six seats (or non-seats, actually) in the pit for the Dec. 15 show are being offered for a "buy it now" total of $49,999. Someone else is offering pairs of floor seats for $33,999 and $29,999 ("or best offer").

Do these scalpers already have those tickets somehow in hand to sell, or are they just optimistic about their many employees being able to break through the Ticketmaster firewall when ducats do go up for grabs? Possibly only the New Jersey attorney general knows for sure. (Source)

Click here to read the rest of the article..

I personally wouldn't go to a Stones show if you paid me, but that's just me, and my musical tastes. But something is seriously wrong when these guys have to charge SO much for a freaking ticket to see them! I remember when you could go to a concert AND buy a t-shirt for under $40! Those were the days.

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So, with that in mind... here is RUSH, live in Columbus, OH, Sep. 20, 2012:

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Chevelle - The Red (LIVE)

at the Metro, Chicago, 2011


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Still one of my favorite tunes to this day. Here is the original..